dungeon masters
Tabletop campaign controllers
A dungeon master is the person who runs a tabletop role-playing game, particularly Dungeons & Dragons.
The DM creates the world, controls non-player characters, narrates events, and adjudicates rules while players navigate the story: Our dungeon master spent weeks preparing the campaign.
The role requires improvisation, storytelling skill, and patience with players who derail carefully planned adventures.
- rulebooksCompiled official instructions
- storytellingRecounting events aloud
- worldbuildingConstructing imaginary universes for fiction
- gameplayInteractive elements of gaming
- DMPrivate digital correspondence
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